Peter Criss from Kiss teaching Detroit Rock City or 100,000 years

Short video of drummer Peter Criss from Kiss teaching Detroit Rock City at Bentley’s drum shop

[@glenbellefonte9620]

Peter seems to have really turned into a caring, nice, humble dude.

[@JimA-pp2nu]

good one

[@glenbellefonte9620]

@@JimA-pp2nu hey. Maybe.

[@TheGoodReverendSatan]

That's been Pete and Ace since day 1 and that's why they got hosed by gene and paul as bad as they did

[@KCNYC]

Met him around 2016, really friendly guy

[@mmmetalwolf]

@@TheGoodReverendSatan😂😂😂wrong

[@CincinnatusPublish]

That's also the beat he used as the opening to his drum solo on 100,000 Years off of Alive! It's cool that he was able to incorporate it into a song. I've seen cover bands that mess it up all of the time by just playing a simple 4-4 beat.

[@shutitup68]

He's used that beat many times in songs ...and that about it.

[@raythackston1960]

He used that same beat on no less than 4 songs. Maybe more.

[@marck8899]

Peter was teaching the nuances of the song 100,000 Years.

[@wamnetwork]

They both use the same shuffle technique so it can be applied to play either song really.

[@bls8959]

Most underrated drummer ever ...so many iconic drumbeats

[@stefangebhardt396]

Why underated In.the years 70-80 It was very populär Learn what is Underarted Or shut up

[@EBMZEQUENZER]

ha ha ha ha : give me a break 🤣

[@1peanut]

That shuffle is fantastic.

[@shutitup68]

It is not. A 5 year old can play that beat better. And...it's not a shuffle. 😊

[@tulrid7550]

​oooooooo. Tell me you're not a drummer without telling me you aren’t a drummer. 😅@@shutitup68

[@jezzalexander]

@@shutitup68 - then explain why it's not a shuffle - it sounds fairly shuffely but, I will happily be educated.

[@anthemgunaether2914]

THIS song on the THE KISS DOUBLE PLATINUM ALBUM is what got me into playing the drumset. Now, years later after touring Europe, Mexico, and The United States with a bunch of rock bands… Played in/on commercials for The Super Bowl, Toyota, Manolo Blahnik , and all the fun endorsements and the ladies (lol)… I have to say I owe it all to this man right here. Thank you for this upload. 🙏🏻

[@citydrums7525]

Spoken like a true Rock soldier...

[@anthonynichols5266]

that’s very simple to play. and i love peter criss !

[@magnusvanttinen7855]

We hope Peter and Ace join Kiss last concert. That would be a dream come true.

[@user-ds2wl9fk8b]

私がドラムを始めたきっかけはデトロイトロックシティでした。 「なんて格好いい曲なんだろう」と思い絶対にこの曲をドラムで叩きたいと頑張りました🎶 1番好きな曲です✨ ピータークリスさん大好きです💕😺💕

[@antoninacawley7949]

Loved it. I could watch more of the same thing. People having fun and mentally happy. 😊

[@JA-io8nx]

Amen

[@vaekkriinhart4347]

it sounds like the beginning of his solo on Alive.. I love this rhythm

[@rjadamz9117]

It was! 😜

[@apfelprincess45]

Feline supreme on the drums

[@svimmelmc]

People are so negative in the comments…. WTH..?? Give the old cat a breake for Good sake…!! He is 76 years old…!!! He is a living LEGEND…!!

[@65drummer1]

They're probably irritated they don't have 5 million in the bank like he does and keeps adding more with each appearance or drum clinic he gives. Hell of a salary for a so called sssshhhhheeaty drummer.

[@DarioDNA1]

The main problem is not his age, the problem is that, being objective, he's is an average drummer who was lucky enough to be in a very succsesfull band! I am not telling you he's a bad drummer......he's just an average drummer! (I am a drummer and i know what i 'm talking 'bout, and no.....i got no envy of his succsess, i'm glad that a drummer like him make a wealthy life doing what he loves, is gratifying)

[@KOSMICKEN09]

That's the hater- net for you. It's exhausting reading the comments section

[@dowens3781]

@@DarioDNA1 People say the same thing about Kirk Hammett and Lars Ulrich and it's bullshit - each of these musicians has a unique distinct style and fit perfectly in their respective bands, who wouldn't have been the same without them, and that's more important than having a ton of chops and being an overly-technical shredder.

[@accountemail9712]

​@@DarioDNA1 what would you say is his most technical track

[@drumdad1242]

Talk about being in the right place at the right time.

[@edvanesch178]

aaaa... A space boogie. That's the name of the fast shuffle. And on the KISS album ALIVE II, he killed that drumgroove! On the song Love Gun, he plays the same beat, only in a mid-tempo. I love to play that groove.

[@scottawes921]

Nope. That was Alive I.

[@scottawes921]

And he can't play anymore

[@beckblowbyblow]

No doubt a Simon Phillips riff off of Jeff Beck's Space Boogie...

[@scottawes921]

@Tony Mount Really is it taken from that song? I hadnt realized

[@beckblowbyblow]

@@scottawes921 l doubt it... lol, it sounds similar no doubt, but it's probably a standard riff.

[@user-zx6lf5so4w]

Fabulous!!!

[@ericmartinello4011]

Peter Criss is really starting to look like Tony Iommi, just needs the mustache and goatee.

[@user-yb4hp3sz5l]

Он Легенда навсегда останется легендой спасибо МЭТАР за Шыдевры всиленой ево харизме мало

[@AntonWilsonoffical623]

And Paul and Gene says Peter can’t play anymore. Such an underrated drummer

[@Viperfitness]

Quite frankly, it sounds like crap.

[@warriorv9359]

Still love ya pete

[@nolankeeler8425]

🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@OtherMike5000]

*ABSOLUTE LEGEND*

[@tomassanchezhernandez1505]

Un gran maestro en la batería...the catman...😽...👍

[@bobbykatis]

More 100,000 years than DRC. Eh.. How I don't miss his fills from the reunion era. His best years as a drummer 74-76

[@hi-ccowboy7983]

That’s because it’s nearly (if not exactly) the same pattern, ghost notes and all.

[@josez1]

KISS early years played really heavy, yet Peter still got his cowbell in a lot of songs. He had a heavy jazz influence. It was great and still it’s great!!

[@erockscott1184]

I have heard ZERO jazz on his mediocre beats. Everyone always says he has a Jazz background but stupid beats like this are what every kid plays when they first learn drums with no lessons.

[@65drummer1]

@@erockscott1184 ok, granted he isn't the top 50 drummers but to his credit, he's worth 5 million dollars. How about you?

[@erockscott1184]

@@65drummer1 and another thing...5 million isn't shit for being in a band like Kiss...he must not be very smart either

[@dowens3781]

@@erockscott1184 Apparently you don't know much about jazz drumming or drumming in general. The syncopated beat he plays here is jazzy, and a lot of stuff he plays on the snare and hi-hats in other songs is as well. Standard hard rock beats are straight-ahead 4/4, like Phil Rudd of AC/DC and Tommy Lee of Motley Crue, for example. How often have you heard them do a syncopated beat like this? That would be never. Just because it's not some crazy progressive jazz fusion beat in a 12/8 time signature or whatever doesn't mean that it's not jazzy.

[@dowens3781]

@@erockscott1184 Also, most drum teachers usually teach a basic 4/4 to beginner students, not syncopated beats like this which are more advanced. So I highly doubt that many kids who haven't had lessons would come up with such beats.

[@erockscott1184]

I play it the Alive 3 way with the Eric Singer double bass

[@davidmerlin3344]

Like we care?

[@erockscott1184]

@@davidmerlin3344 shut up troll

[@dowens3781]

@@erockscott1184 You're the troll, talking trash and trying to undermine a legendary drummer just because he doesn't have Neil Peart-level chops. Music is about more than chops and technique - it's about feel, groove, dynamics, musical sensibility (the ability to recognize and play what best fits a given song) and so on, and Peter has all of that, and he's also a great singer as well.

[@ronaldsantos5855]

Why does every PC video bring out the haters? The guy is a recovering drug addict who is 76 years old, and has carpel tunnel. He is not practicing every day and trying to start a band. He’s semi-retired and doing some events to make a little money and meet his fans. Lighten up. I’m a drummer of 40 years and I love his performance on the Alive album. Driving rock beats with a bit of swing, very aggressive to match the music. Perfect for that band at that time. If you like that music, PC is a hero, if you don’t OK, move on. I also like Neil Peart, Bill Ward, Alex Van Halen, and bunch more rock drummers. None “better” than the others, all really cool stuff to me. I don’t comment on vids of bands I don’t care for and shot on them, I just move along and don’t click on those vids-

[@mikewatson5193]

Too bad he couldnt teach them timing...

[@user-lx6qz4zi3x]

Легендарный

[@brianjezuit4085]

I always thought that was double bass in the main groove 🤣

[@Nissardpertugiu]

Caravello version had double bass roofs . What is funny is Mechanix / Four horsemen by metallica have a similar riff and the same double bass roof behind the riff that Eric carr was doing

[@kevinstrong8265]

He doesn't play double kicks.

[@The_Original_Alex_Channel]

Both Eric's added double bass

[@garyunsworth726]

Why would you think that was double kick? Also how can a KISS fan get mixed up with Peter and Eric?

[@michaelkidd3877]

Eric Singer used to play it with double kicks.

[@nolankeeler8425]

You about to pass Parker in subs

[@joelsims98]

THE CAT MAN!

[@user-zt5dg1lh5n]

Спасибо маэстро мы расли на вас 🫶🫶🫶🥁🥁🥁🥁

[@sendittoj]

Both grooves are alike

[@DWH072]

Peter should do some clinics 🥁

[@WarrenCromartie2]

It's hardly the Rosannah shuffle beat is it, but apparently the late Eric Carr preferred Peter's playing on Detroit RC to his own.

[@daveshere]

This could be used as a beat for a hundred thousand years, ... But it is clearly being played by peter at the tempo of Detroit rock city. , This is held while Ace (or tommy) would play that long melodic lead guitar solo.. bottom line is....PETER CRISS ON THE M.F. DRUMS!!! coolest cat to ever pick up a pair of sticks.

[@hudson8888]

I thought he was a grandma for a sec

[@X.M4N]

@kiss

[@JA-io8nx]

The REAL cat-man

[@smithn.wesson495]

Peter is in his late 70's (76 or 77 years old), so give the guy a break. He is statistically around the very end of his life and he did a lot of alcohol and drugs back in the day. Most people can't remember the grocery list they need after walking from their car across the Wal-Mart parking lot if they are even still around at this age. If you even live to be this old....what will you be like?!!?

[@wyckedfunk5541]

I thought that was my neighbor lady

[@guillermoarista6383]

The Great Cat¡!

[@lucianorocha3301]

Peter Criss is my favourite drummer!!!

[@funkybassguy68]

My sympathies!!!

[@IslandDigital]

Ugh

[@65drummer1]

He isn't in the top 50"s as far as drummers go but he doesn't ssssshhhheeeea his money away anymore and his net worth is 5 million. He'll never want for nothing. How many here can truthfully brag they have 5 million dollars in their bank accounts? Remember, talk is cheap and anyone can be a damn liar.

[@Charlie_B.]

Um you do realize there are much better drummers to look up too. You probably think Lars Ulrich is a good drummer also.

[@scottawes921]

Aim higher friend

[@ВасюкМаусин]

Like in cat's good old days

[@rickr2029]

What's the big deal? Maybe the title of this video is wrong?

[@paullautzenheiser9942]

That’s 100,000 years

[@The_Original_Alex_Channel]

Same shuffle beat

[@glengamble526]

@@The_Original_Alex_Channel similar-but not the exact same. Peter doesnt remember his own parts.

[@The_Original_Alex_Channel]

@@glengamble526 yep. He's barely in time too.

[@65drummer1]

@@The_Original_Alex_Channel probably thinking about that 5 million he has in the bank, good salary for a ssssshhhheeeeaty drummer, aye?

[@RodolfoDAmore]

bastante croto. quite short

[@OttoVeblin]

Wait. You're telling me he's not a cat?

[@richardtorymacdonald578]

Peter's skills declined after he stopped caring about the art and science of drumming; after he forgot about that young man who years earlier, posted in the local paper, "Drummer, Do anything to make it!" The end of the road for him came around 1980 when sadly, he failed his own audition with his own band. He was so bad in fact, that he was released immediately by unanimous vote of Gene, Paul, and even his buddy, Ace! With not enough skills to play on Unmasked, Kiss replaced him with Anton Fig, but let him appear on the album cover for the last time. I liked Peter a lot as an early Kiss fan, but I have little tolerance for musicians who stop caring about the fans and their craft so they can drown in excesses of every kind.

[@jamesbarnett2483]

Ok go watch something else then. You’re casting stones

[@jamesvaughn7389]

Right on. I like Peter Criss. As a drummer, he just seemed to stop. For perspective, high school students played drums in 1980, maybe not better, but with more passion and variety than Pete. And had a sincere desire to learn, grow, challenge themselves. A band is only as strong as it's weakest member. I think it must have been gut wrenching to let him go. But they had to..twice. Eric Singer is really rock solid.

[@richardtorymacdonald578]

@@jamesbarnett2483, not casting stones. I attended the Kiss Alive II Tour and sat front row (in from of Gene) wearing Peter Criss makeup!!! I was a huge Kiss fan and as a drummer, Peter was my favorite drummer. But Peter got rusty and listless because he did not build upon the basics, which means he simply stopped growing as a drummer. The exceptional drummers practice their craft for hours a day because they love it. Peter evidently stopped loving drums, which is fine for him but to hold him up as an awesome, great drummer is incorrect. This is what fans do, not drummers who know better. peace

[@ramencurry6672]

Some people really don’t enjoy playing drums at heart. I had a student who had the ability to play drums and he could really play well if he wanted to but he hated it and would rather play video games and other things. So his playing just felt more like a robot and no feeling because he just wasn’t into it.

[@richardtorymacdonald578]

@@ramencurry6672, you're describing Peter Criss, 1977, just after Kiss Alive II.

[@antoniomazzamurro7078]

Ed in più aveva la voce più bella tra i 4.

[@True86er]

Cool old lady playing!!

[@Munky84]

5/10

[@gabrielmoreno9455]

more like 100,000 years

[@Vovanov18]

Peter may have lost some of his feel over the years but you can’t deny that he’s a very versatile drummer.

[@richardtorymacdonald578]

Versatile (in music) means multiskilled and adaptable to many genres. Peter is neither. He knows maybe five drum beats and he uses the same basic fills for many songs. Peter was at his best on Kiss Alive!, in 1975 (that's 47 years ago!). Since then, he's been swinging like a rusty gate.

[@dowens3781]

@@richardtorymacdonald578 I'm sure that your drumming is much more versatile and impressive, which is why you're so much more well-known and respected than Peter.

[@Viperfitness]

Aaaaaaaaaaargh! These brain washed tone deff idiots. HE FUCKING SUCKS! No matter how many platinum records he has. Can you not hear? Close your eyes and LISTEN. It’s crap. Many 12 year old beginners play better than this. What’s wrong with people?

[@LittleRedRidingHoo]

Not as easy as it sounds.

[@has123456]

🤷😂 The way I have been playing this song is much more difficult than the way he, Peter Criss, plays it. ... LOL 🤦

[@bobbydale1938]

All the snide remarks 😂 Most Drummers just practice in a room - Peter Lived a Dream and still does 🗽🗽🗽

[@patrickdrummer84]

Nauč hrať najskôr seba

[@laurannpelletier]

Ah...ça fait peur....

[@pabloiaconoguitar311]

A Great drummer but more a great Singer musician and composer and the more important A LEGEND !!!!! THE GREAT PETER CRISS !!!!

[@nickveekens]

Composer? 🤣

[@pabloiaconoguitar311]

@@nickveekens yes he composed some songs as solo albunns and colaborations in some songs of Kiss what its your problem.?

[@nickveekens]

@@pabloiaconoguitar311 No problem, love the man. But he is an aweful composer who has never written 1 song by himself.

[@avincentphotography]

Remember he did write and sing their only number one hit. Beth. Killer voice too.

[@benjaminleimkuhler6812]

Lame. You can’t just piddle on the drums like that in a major live concert setting.

[@65drummer1]

Apparently he did more. It sure sounded like he did on Alive where it went down in real time. Not to mention the fact that this so called ssssshhhheeeeaty drummer is worth 5 million and keeps adding more with each appearance or drum clinic. Not bad for so called sub par performance.

[@np466]

It’s a 26 second video of a 70 something playing an instrument he barely plays anymore. Lighten up.

[@ognir66]

Such swing, feel and groove. You can keep your Portnoys and Pearts. I'll stay with Criss.

[@HoustonRoad]

Give me a fucking break

[@lamecasuelas2]

All are good, why not enjoy everyone?

[@JohnBonham3394]

Lmao...

[@ognir66]

@@HoustonRoad I'm a bassist. I know EXACTLY what I'm talking about. You know what you can do with your break.

[@HoustonRoad]

@@ognir66 I’m a professional drummer in Las Vegas. I teach students. Stay in your lane. Criss is a weak drummer, kinda like the drummer for the monkey’s, all show and no go. Your a fan ( fanatic) of the band and are not qualified to judge drummers pal.

[@waynekerr8003]

Leave it to the professionals old fellow

[@drmrdude1965]

Doesn't sound like Kiss without Peter Criss

[@drop-d-extreme7167]

Teaches Detroit Rock City or barley plays it?

[@kevindelatorre4887]

simple shuffle groove...big deal?

[@petervandebor1828]

Drummer willin toe do anything toe make IT! I Will Tell you not to tell me how i play my drumkid cause l cant no really l cant !!! Anything accept learning more ,Paul and gene ; hé played and we hearing the sound wauw good¡¡¿¿?¿¿ Die they know ??? Where they drunk of stupide oh Jesus Christ my lord

[@mcgrath274]

Like a 2 year old couldn't Play it.

[@Biervor4]

You can’t you little b*tch

[@anthonydifiglia7233]

Kiss sucks too

[@michaelmckenna6464]

KISS came out at the right time! The mid 1970s defined loud music (KISS was loud), loud theatrics snd loud gimmicks (KISS had loud gimmicks and loud theatrics). Their demise was in their biggest hit (“Beth”) which was a lame tear jerker. And their venture into Disco with “Calling Doctor Love” marked the beginning of the end. Their reunion was a big mistake. They should’ve stayed retired and let us remember them as we remembered them in the 1970s.

[@joemammyt6046]

Peter chris holds his sticks like a weinie

[@ValterCGomes]

Pensa num baterista ruim. O cara é muito fraco

[@luzimarferreira2000]

E você, toca?

[@annwilkiemeyer3433]

People R Soo jealous of Peter Criss 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@juanleal5132]

Toca súper mal

[@anthonybullock4575]

Peter blows

[@646627jd]

Sorry. But this guy has never even been an average drummer. He Is barely even a drummer.. Embarrassing!!!!!!!

[@craigtheschmeg3253]

But the sycophant bobbing his head up and down is impressed so there's that...

[@646627jd]

@@craigtheschmeg3253 Lol!!!!!

[@augustocarvalho7357]

yes he is worldwide famous and made rock n roll influencies, and you? sorry

[@erockscott1184]

He's terrible

[@erockscott1184]

@@augustocarvalho7357 you can tell you don't know a thing about music, playing, or the fact that he was just plain damn lucky...he is subpar..drummers in your area would blow him away.

[@jorgecabrera4961]

😴😴😴😴🤦‍♂️

[@EBMZEQUENZER]

One can clearly see that this dude is below average

[@scottawes921]

First of all, that snare sounds like horseshit. Second, that is 100,000 years drum solo stuff. Pete really shouldn't sit down at the kit anymore. It's gone. He'll be better remembered for when he had chops if he doesn't show us that he has lost them

[@dirtyharryville]

Peter was a much better drummer than he got credit for... part of that bullshit comes from Paul and Gene...

[@andrewsandoz8005]

Very weak, not impressed.

[@shutitup68]

Ummm... He was my hero 40 years ago but he can barely play now. Sorry.

[@65drummer1]

Age and radial nerve damage does that.

[@dougdenny5969]

Shouldnt you learn how to play the drums before you give lessons????